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Help with water dirty vs clean
They like to strain the mud looking for bugs and worms. True. But the clean water is ESSENTIAL to keep them healthy. -
Help with water dirty vs clean
But swimming keeps mites away, keeps their feathers clean and oiled. Bathing is important to ducks. If keeping water clean and available is too much work for you, or anyone else, then perhaps ducks are not the animal for you. -
Help with water dirty vs clean
Put out a taller bucket that is tall and narrow, so that they can walk up to it and dip their heads in, but not climb into it. Clean water is VERY important for ducks! Dirty water spreads disease, eye infections, sinus infections and respiratory infections. -
Duck Release Pond
Any time you set domestic ducks "loose" on a pond with zero predator protection, they WILL be killed. And you have no way to tell what is even IN the pond - like snapping turtles - that will kill your ducks. Plus a stagnant pond covered in algae is a prime source of botulism and other... -
Duck Release Pond
"Yes, predators might take an occasional duck, but that is the case even when ducks are in the backyard" I would hope not. -
Experienced duck owners advice needed
They could also just be really upset from going to boarding and back. -
Choosing a Welsh Harlequin drake to breed/ show
It's a holiday weekend in the US. Folks are busy. :) -
Not a good rifle for squirrels
Lol!! We have ninja squirrels who sit on our front steps in the middle of the night and crunch nuts, leaving sharp, pointy shells for me to hurt my feet on when I grab the morning paper.- Cherib603
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Not a good rifle for squirrels
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How to tell a 4yo that you ate their drake...
Kathy - are you seriously saying that you would rather maintain some morally superior high ground, refusing to tell a little white lie to spare a kids feelings and tell the kid you ate her duck and let the parents deal with the crying? -
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How to tell a 4yo that you ate their drake...
You are welcome to eat him, but please spare the kids' feelings! One of my ducks - my 6 yr old granddaughters favorite - was killed by a raccoon and she cries whenever she thinks of it. Really wish we'd lied to her and told her it went to live on a pond or farm. That's all I'm saying. -
How to tell a 4yo that you ate their drake...
The original post stated the duck was going to be culled and the OP wanted to know how to tell a 4 yr old, if she came looking, that her duck was dead. Lying to spare the feelings of a 4 yr old seems perfectly acceptable. -
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How to tell a 4yo that you ate their drake...
Killed is a very sad thing for a kid to hear. Why do you think that's acceptable? Moved to a larger farm would be kinder. -
How to tell a 4yo that you ate their drake...
It's very far away. The end. Let the kid be a little disappointed that the pond is too far away to visit, rather than upset that her duck is dead. -
How to tell a 4yo that you ate their drake...
He "flew away" to a nice big pond. No death, no eating. Clue the parents in first. -
Soft, bump fluid bruise on bill
It looks like the kind of blood blister you get when you slam your nail in a door. It may eventually absorb by itself. But you could use a very hot, sterilized needle to poke a hole and let some of the blood out. Of course that may be too painful and stressful for a widdle duckling, just... -
Is this okay for duck feet?
I dunno. Picture your own feet walking on them. -
Soft, bump fluid bruise on bill
Was it bit by a dog or something? Beak slammed in door?